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Category: <span>Installations</span>
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What happens when your solar company goes out of business
Short version The panels on the roof and the credits on the Duke, FPL, or OUC bill do not vanish because a contractor closed. Three different relationships were always in play: the equipment makers, whoever holds the money, and the company that did the labor. Only the third one is gone. Manufacturer warranties usually survive. […]
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Solar panel maintenance in Central Florida: what actually matters after the install
Short version Most Central Florida systems do not fail from neglect of washing. They fail from unnoticed inverter faults, chewed wiring, storm-shifted hardware, or a monitoring app nobody opens. Rain rinses loose dust. It does not finish the job on oak pollen, lovebug residue, or bird droppings. Watch production on clear days. Clean when the […]
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Grid-tied vs off-grid solar in Central Florida: what you’re actually choosing
Short version If Duke Energy Florida, FPL, or TECO already serves the house, grid-tied solar is the default for a reason: Florida’s investor-owned utilities still credit exports at the full retail rate under PSC Rule 25-6.065. A standard grid-tied array shuts off in an outage. Adding a battery (hybrid) keeps selected loads on during a […]